by Bethuel Merritt Newcomb
The following is from a biographical sketch of Captain Asahel Newcomb (1779-1862), published in 1923.
Capt. Newcomb had the reputation of being a practical joker. Upon one occasion, when away from home and in attendance at court, he took dinner with others at a public-house. The meat having been served, one of the men arose and, taking the pepper-box, plentifully sprinkled it, saying, “Gentlemen, I suppose you are all fond of pepper.” Capt. Newcomb, who disliked even the odor of pepper, immediately arose, and, taking his well-filled tobacco-box from his pocket, scattered its contents over both pepper and meat, remarking naively, “I suppose, gentlemen, you all like tobacco.”
Bethuel Merritt Newcomb (1848-1924) was a teacher and businessman who published a revised version of John Bearse Newcomb's history of the Newcomb family in America.
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